Injuries have derailed Kyle Blanks‘ career, causing the 6-foot-6 slugger to go from 22-year-old top prospect to 26-year-old question mark, but the first baseman/outfielder will remain with the Padres for another season.

Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com reports that Blanks has agreed to a one-year, $605,000 contract that allows him to avoid arbitration with the Padres following a year in which he missed all but a handful of games due to shoulder surgery.

When healthy enough to play Blanks has never stopped putting up huge numbers in the minors and had an impressive big-league debut in 2009, but since then he’s hit just .202 in 92 games for the Padres while missing big chunks of time following elbow and shoulder surgeries.

There was some speculation that he could be non-tendered, but the one-year deal allows the Padres to stick with him for a modest price.